Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Short and Snappy inside Story of a Walk in Clinic

The increasing number of walk in clinics around the nation is a proof of American regimes’ seriousness about the health consciousness of their natives and laudable efforts to ensure the same. In this article, we will try to explore, what a Walk in Clinic is.


A brief about Walk in Clinics:

The main motto behind the incorporation of these walk in clinic is to provide health care solutions to the uncomplicated medical conditions. These walk in clinics are also known as, “retail clinics, convenient care clinics or retail based clinics. According to an approximation, there are nearly 1350 convenient care clinics (CCC) throughout United States, providing health services in shopping malls, retails stores and supermarkets. These walk in clinics are served by nurse practitioners and some physician assistants.


Why Walk in clinics is becoming famous?

These walk in clinics are enjoying unshaken preference of those who are either in better than average health or who had bad experiences with doctors and hospital while being treated for minor ailments. In a survey, it was discovered that people are getting more suspicious about the medicines and other treatments offered at hospital or prescribed by doctors. Therefore, people tend to fall for these walk in clinics.


In addition to these, no one wants to wait in a room full of infectious patients for a minor ailment. To the date, to visit a clinic one need to have an appointment, and nowadays, when life is so busy, it is very hard for one to pre-book a medical check up and in case of emergency, one cannot do it instantly either.


These CCCs are also becoming first preference of baby boomers (a person born in post world war second baby boom) and other senior natives of the country.


Ailments for which Walk in Clinics are best:

As discussed earlier, these walk in clinics should be opted only for minor ailments and uncomplicated health issues. Those are as follows:

Cold and Flu

insect or pest bite

Infections like sinus, ear like otitis, earache, pink eye, diarrhoea, intestinal, bladder, urinary tract and upper respiratory

Skin issues like warts, eczema

Reaction likes chemical, medicine,

Other health issues like headaches, backaches, minor injuries, burns, rashes, strains, sprains, sore throat, strep throat, ringworms, allergies, rashes and bronchitis.


Besides these treatments, a physician at the walk in clinic can also help with medical tests like pregnancy test and blood test.


Ailments for which Walk in Clinics are not suitable:

If patient is suffering from serious chest pain

If patient is complaining about breathe shortness

If a baby arrives before time (emergency child birth)

If someone is under drug overdose

If it is life threatening head traumas

Now, as we have the brief idea of what a Walk in Clinic is suitable for and for what it is not.

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